you ALWAYS need bigger breaks.

I'm thinking of moving to Spain just so I can get that 3-hour siesta break and take a nap every day.

That would ROCK!

 

I always need bigger BREAKS at work. On a serious note the brakes on these cars are great

 

You need bigger brakes when you take the hardest pad compound and do this to them:

 

+3

 

If we're also going to give grammar and spelling lessons then many of us on this board are in serious trouble....if you haven't noticed.

 

I'm on a break right now!


Seriously though, you'd be amazed what a little ducted air can do for your brakes. For heavy cars like ours, it's a world of difference.

Update coming soon for our upcoming brake duct kit.....


- Andrew

 

Man, you guys are harsh. Give the kid a brake.

 

Holy crap, what were you using?
PF 01's and StopTech 1 piece rotos?
Geesh that is some nasty damage to those rotors, on the other hand, your calipers look new compared to mine!!! Mine are black and red on the right side, the left side is dark brown.

lol

 

well that means you purchased a ****ty brake line set. return it and buy one that fits properly. a properly fitting brake line set will not rub. the set i got fits EXACTLY where the stock one went. even included the pieces that fit in the stock retaining tab up front. if you are buying universal stainless lines, you are asking for trouble.

and lets think about this, you have a rubbing brake line on a CV boot strap (seen it happen first hand). if it is able to wear through a stainless braid, any amount of rubber/plastic cover isn't going to do didly poop.

but seriously, even if you cannot find a set of lines that don't fit exactly like stock, the person doing the install should have enough common sense to see when a line is going to rub on something. use something strong and heat resistant to tie the line off so it wont rub.

 

^ I agree, I purchased the stoptech stainless lines and they traced the stock locations very well, just saying its not th end of the world, rubbing ona cb boot strap would be a very bad idea, i meant something like rubbing on the caliper itself or those little guides on the top of the fronts...

Scorke

 

seriously learn how to spell/vocab its brakes not breaks a 3rd grader would know the difference

 

I'm not sure how the Evo VIII's or IX's brakes are,but I have fitted the StopTech big brake kit to my V RS and it's much better than the brembo's.The Brembo rotors often tend to warp due to overheating.(My personal experience) After I changed the brakes,fluid and pads,the stopping performance has been greatly improved. I use my car every day as a daily drive running 25K kilometers a year.Works very well.

And if there's any typing errors please don't mention them...

 

It probably doesn't upset the balance a whole lot. I mean, just because it's a big brake kit doen't mean it shifts balance significantly since there are things you can play around with such as piston diameters and so forth.

I don't have exact data on the Stasis/Alcon, but from dimensions and the information I was given, the front brake torque is around 12% over the stock. Since the stock front:rear is about 2.42, the Alcon is 2.72 it's not all that different. I suppose if you had wider/sticker tyres then it probably works better than the stock settings.

As for needing bigger brakes, there are many things you can do with the stock setup (including 2-piece rotors) that really there isn't a need for it if you're tracking the car occasionally. The bigger systems tend to have better cooling which can be a good thing but most need 18" wheels which IMO don't drive as nicely as the 17's.

 

This is from Car Hacks & Mods for Dummies
How do you use your car? Daily driver? Weekend plaything? Dedicated track car?

Most street driven cars can benefit from brake pads, brake lines, brake fluid.
Weekend play cars can benefit from more aggressive pads, rotors and calipers.
Dedicated track cars need the above in addition to ducting, master cylinder brace, proportioning valves.

 

^You'd have to be very confident of what you're doing before getting proportioning valves/bias adjusters.